Trump commutes longtime adviser Roger Stone’s prison sentence | Malay Mail

Roger Stone, former campaign advisor to US President Donald Trump, arrives at the federal courthouse where he is set to be sentenced, in Washington, US, February 20, 2020. — Reuters pic

Stone, 67, was scheduled to report by Tuesday to a federal prison in Jesup, Georgia, to begin serving a sentence of three years and four months for lying under oath to US lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election.The veteran Republican political operative’s friendship with Trump dates back decades.

“There was never any collusion between the Trump Campaign, or the Trump Administration, with Russia. Such collusion was never anything other than a fantasy of partisans unable to accept the result of the 2016 election,” the White House said. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff condemned Trump’s action, saying: “With this commutation, Trump makes clear that there are two systems of justice in America: One for his criminal friends, and one for everyone else.”

The US Constitution gives a president the “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” Trump’s use of this executive clemency often has benefited allies and well-connected political figures.

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